Etymologies

From minimum.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

From Latin (Wiktionary)

Examples

"reasons to be pretty" (yes, the title is annoyingly lower case) deals with Greg's four-year involvement with Steph, and what happens after a friend of hers overhears Greg disparage - or is it "minimize" - Steph's looks during some dude talk with his buddy Kent.